The Eastern Region formed the core of the secessionist Republic of Biafra.
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In the south, the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars against the Ijebu (a Yoruba group) in 1892, the Aro of Eastern Igboland in 1901–1902, and from 1883–1914, the Anioma.
Eziorsu is a community on the South bank of the Oguta Lake, southeastern Nigeria, its one of the foremost territories that witnessed western or European expedition during colonization and used as a gateway by the British to advance into the Igbo hinterland.
Nri (the founder of Nri clan) was the son of Eri (founder of Aguleri) and had migrated to the present day Nri from the Anambra (Ama-Mbala) river valley in Northern Igboland.
In late nineteenth century Asaba, in the Igbo region of what is now Nigeria, witches were often thought to be werewomen, and a close connection was thought to exist between all women and witchcraft.